I was just wondering, because, even though wife and I weren't into ranching, there are those that, apparently, think our seriousness about PRCA rodeo should be over. I bought my Permit in 1984, but only done rodeo on weekends being that I had a full-time job working for electronics manufacturer. Around 1999, sold my horse and jumped out of any competition and Jackpots. When I met my wife in 2000, I still had my PRCA membership, but was working in the arena for Stock Contractors I knew. Now that I'm almost 73 and she is 74, a number of people think we should kick the entire rodeo thing to the curb. We most definitely don't want to do that! But, we can't afford to buy house/property, so there are those that think "how can a serious rodeo fan live in an apartment?" Well, we do.
Not only do we have a serious interest in PRCA rodeo and following the Top 15, we also have a major interest in ranching/farming. We can't do it, and won't, but the very high interest is still there.
Actually, I knew one FFA farmer in Indiana, that graduated the year after I did, that left the family farm to become a lawyer. And, basically, after I left my step-parents farm, joined the Navy and later got my Honorable Discharge, I never went back to the farm.
So, that's the reason I wondered about old, possibly not so healthy, ranchers. Not ready to die at all, but definitely ready to let go of the ranching life.